38 The Ottawa Naturalist, [May 



Pleurogne fontana, a. Nels. 



P. rotata, Macoun, Cat. Can. PI. Vol. I, p. 325, in part. 



Easily distinguished from P. rotata by its greater height, 

 linear leaves, the lower of which are soon deciduous leaving the 

 stem below almost naked. All our prairie specimens are this 

 species. Very fine specimens 15 to 18 inches high were collected 

 west of Battle River, Alta., in 1906, bv Macoun and Herriot. 

 Herb. No. 78,463. 



Penstemon procerus, Dougl. 



St. Lazare near Fort Ellice, Man., No. 78,446. {Macoun 

 & Herriot). Not recorded from Manitoba. 



Veronica Tournefortii, C. C. Gmel. 



In waste places. Portage la Prairie, Man., No. 78,451. 

 (John Macoun). Not recorded from west of Ontario. 



NOTES ON WINTER BIRDS IN HOCHELAGA AND 

 COMPTON COUNTIES. 



By L. McI. Terrill, Westmount, Que. 



While at Robinson, Compton County, Que., during two 

 weeks in the early part of December, 1909, I found birds fairly 

 numerous, chiefly Woodpeckers, the unusual birds being two 

 flocks of Goldfinches, one Pigeon Hawk and one Goshawk. The 

 Goshawk, an immature bird, was brought to me alive, by a 

 farmer who informed me that he had caught it in his barn in the 

 act of devouring one of his fowl. He had been attracted there 

 by the outcries of the other poultry. 



Returning to Montreal I found a scarcity of birds beyond 

 the ordinary. From the 15th of December, 1909, to the 6th of 

 March, 1910, during weekly walks, I have noted only the follow- 

 ing: 



Dec. 19, 1909 One Pigeon Hawk. 



Jany. 1, 1910 Flock of 25 Snowbirds and a few Chickadees. 

 J any. 2, 1910 One Pigeon Hawk. 

 Jany. 16, 1910 Flock of 25 Cedar Waxwings, mostly immature 



birds, feeding on Mountain Ash berries. 

 Jany. 30, 1910 One Pigeon Hawk. 

 FebV. 6, 1910 Flock of 15 Snowbirds. 

 March 3, 1910 One Crow. 

 March 5, 1910 Six Prairie Horned Larks in song; as they were 



paired they have probably been here a week ; 



Fifteen Crows. 



